Welcome! I'm Kiah Collier, a Peabody Award-winning journalist based in Texas.
Since 2010, I've reported for publications across the state including The Texas Tribune, the Austin American-Statesman and the Houston Chronicle. Most recently, I worked as an investigative reporter for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune.
Most of my reporting has revolved around state and local government and politics but I've also covered business and several official and unofficial sub-beats. Among them: energy and environment, K-12 education and state fiscal issues.
I also have several years of line editing experience.
I’m a seventh-generation Texan and have dedicated my career to holding leaders here accountable, exposing wrongdoing and amplifying underrepresented voices. I've reported from every major city in the state and from many of its quietest rural corners, seeking out diverse perspectives on issues of public interest. I've covered many of the state's recent disasters from the ground, including a deadly fertilizer plant explosion and Hurricane Harvey.
I aim to provide readers with unique, in-depth and thought-provoking reporting that results in positive changes that benefit taxpayers and everyday people. My work has spurred the passage of state and federal laws, the termination of harmful corporate practices and the resignation of a state district court judge. I frequently appear on television and radio programs to discuss my coverage.
Check out some of my best work here.
Investigative Reporter, ProPublica/Texas Tribune (2020-2023)
Reporter + Associate Editor, The Texas Tribune (2015-2020)
Capitol Reporter, Austin American-Statesman (2014-2015)
County Reporter, Houston Chronicle (2013-2014)
Business Reporter, Houston Chronicle (2012-2013)
Stringer, Reuters America Service (2012)
Government Reporter + Columnist, San Angelo Standard-Times (2010-2012)
University of Texas at Austin (2005 – 2009)
Bachelor of Journalism
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy
High Honors
Universidad Pablo de Olavide (2008)
Study abroad in Seville, Spain
Focus: Spanish, international relations and film
Texas Managing Editors, Star Investigative Report 3A (2024)
Headliners Foundation, Charles E. Green Award (2024)
Investigative Reporters & Editors, Breaking News (2022)
Scripps Howard Foundation, Environmental Reporting (2022)
Society of Environmental Journalists, Best Investigation (2022)
SABEW, Innovation (2022, 2017)
Edward R. Murrow, Best Investigation (2022, 2017)
NIHCM, Data-Driven Storytelling (2022)
Gerald Loeb Award, Finalist, Consumer Reporting + Visual Storytelling (2022, 2021)
Goldsmith Prize, Finalist, Investigative Reporting (2022)
SPJ D.C. Chapter Dateline Award (2019)
Hunter College CUNY, Social Justice Journalism (2019)
Pulitzer Center and New America grantee (2018)
AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award (2018)
Peabody Award, Innovation (2017)
Knight-Risser Prize, Environmental Journalism (2017)
Livingston Award for Young Journalists, Finalist (2017)
National Magazine Award, Finalist (2017)
Texas Managing Editors, Business Reporting 2A (2012)
American Association for the Advancement of Science's SciLine bootcamp on political reporting (2019)
AAAS's SciLine bootcamp on the community impacts of oil and gas development (2019)
Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at CUNY (2018)
MIT Knight Science Journalism Program's
science editing workshop (2017, 2018)
Metcalf Institute's climate workshop (2015)
Investigative Reporters & Editors, private training (2015)
Various IRE and Society of Environmental Journalists conferences (2013-2023)
Data reporting (I 🖤 Excel)
Public records
Collaborative projects
Source development
Business reporting
Line editing
Backgrounding + research
Time. management
Experience with a variety of CMSes
All things G-Suite
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